#9E951B#9E951B

#9E951B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.132 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9E951B
RGB	rgb(158, 149, 27)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(56, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 82.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.64, -9.80, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.64, 60.00, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.74% -0.034 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(65.74% 0.132 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.0470, 28.8442, 5.2848)
Luminance	0.2884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9E951B #1B249E

analogous

#9E541B #9E951B #669E1B

triadic

#9E951B #1B9E95 #951B9E

tetradic

#9E951B #1B9E54 #1B249E #9E1B66

square

#9E951B #1B9E54 #1B249E #9E1B66

split-complementary

#9E951B #1B669E #541B9E

monochromatic

#353209 #6A6412 #9E951B #D2C624 #E1D852

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#9E951B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#9E951B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9E951B

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9E951B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9E951B	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA8A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9e951b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(158, 149, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.132 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfb365',
    500: '#9e951b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9e951b;
$custom-light: #bfb365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9e951b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 158,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65737,
    "c": 0.13203,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9E951B

secondary

#5159C4

accent

#47EE3A

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EB

border

#D1D0C6

text

#131106

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #9E951B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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